Surgical appliance.



A. ACE.

URGIAL APPLIANGE.

0AlION FILED 00T.11, 1911.

1,117,618. Patented N0v.17,1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT ormon.

ALWIN ACE, OIE MUNICH, GERMNY.

Y SURGICAL APPLIANCE.

To aZZ whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, ALWIN ACE, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Munich, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Surgical Appliances, of Which the following is a specificatien.

This invention relates to a device for remedying hypoplasy of the penis.

The object of this invention is to effect, by exercising a pressure on the erected penis, an expansion of the tough tissue-like shell, the so-called tumca albugnea, surrounding the compartments containing erectile tissue, the degree of the possible expansion of the member by erection substantially depending on the Width of the tumoa albuginea. This possibility is due to the fact that When not exposed to outside forces, the tumca albugznea has a practically circular cross section, and thus must undergo an expansion in order to be able to inclose the corresponding erectile tissue compartment which is, for

instance, of an elliptically abnormal shape; the cross section of such compartment not being perceptibly affected by pressure from the outside.

A Construction of the new device is diagrammatically illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In this construction, the device for bringing about the erection, consists of a cylindrical body a connected to an air pump and intended to receive the penis 6. The air pump which is not shown in the drawing, draws the air from a through the opening 0. The penis b forms, with the opening 03 of the cylinder a, a tight joint all around et e and 8 at its root, owing to the skin of the patient being drawn in.

The following device is used for apply- 4 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flled Ootober 11, 1911.

Patented N 0v. 17, 1914. Serial No. 654,011.

ing pressure. In the small cylinder f the inter1or of which is in communication with that of the large cylinder a, the piston ;q travels in an air-tight manner the rod of which, as shown in the drawing, can be vertically reciprocated about the point 2' by means of the lever la." The piston 9 is further provided at the bottom with a projec tion 10 to Which is secured a plate l. If the lever ]l is moved in the direction'of the arrow, the plate Z will press in the desired manner on the penis 6 while the latter is in the state of erection.

What I daim is:

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination of means for bringing about erection with a pressure device carried by said erection means, said pressure device comprising a pressure member, and means for intermittently operating said pressure member, said pressure member constructed and arranged to apply pressure to one side only of the organ.

2. A device for removing hypoplasy of the penis, comprising a tubular sleeve for receiving the penis, said sleeve adapted to be connected to an air pump, a movable pressure art arranged withih said sleeve and provied with an actuating member carried outside the sleeve through an air-tight connectiou, said pressure part arranged to exert lateral pressure on one side only of the penis contained in the tubular sleeve, and

means for intermittently moving said press:

sure part.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DE. ALWIN AGI-I. Witnesses:

ERNEST FLAMRERER, MATHILDE K. HELD. 

